In New Zealand, one of the most well-known and powerful Māori concepts is “Tūrangawaewae”. It is a foundation, a place in the world and the idea that the land where you come from- the mountains and rivers and your own back yard- is inseparable from the person you are today. …
When we launched the Visual Story Lab website less than a month ago, all we knew was that we were addressing a need we had seen in our work promoting social change over the last fifteen years. Resource Media is a strategic communications firm, so it is our job to…
Amid Earth Day events earlier this month, a gathering out in the desert in southeastern Nevada jumped off newsprint and screen with a captivating image. So compelling, in fact, that the Las Vegas Review-Journal ran it large enough to fill the entire above-the-fold space in the paper. It was huge.…
If you have a tendency to click on news items that might make you cry, you likely saw that hundreds of sea lions have been washing up- starving- on the shores of Southern California. I possess that tendency as well as some well-worn tear ducts. Within two minutes of reading…
When idioms battle messages In a meeting recently, a colleague was making a point and started with “don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater.” I cringed. Then I thought about it for the next several minutes, visualized a baby being thrown out the window and cringed a bit more.…
Done your tax returns yet? Here’s something to think about as you finish your 1040. Flood insurance. Fire suppression. Crop insurance. Hurricanes. Turns out American taxpayers are already footing huge bills for climate change impacts. Here are just a few of the costs we’ll be paying in federal and state…
We all recognize that media is changing and many of us are continually watching for trends and indicators for how best to work with this shapeshifter. The more things change, however, the more things stay the same. Twitter, Facebook, Vocus, Sysomos, RowFeeder, Google news and other searchable online tools seem…
Is it possible to love cats and birds at the same time? Of course it is; I do it every day. But apparently, that’s not true for everyone. I have a cat named Brutus. I adore this cat. When Brutus catches a mouse in the kitchen, I applaud him as…
As a (mostly) native Bay Stater, and a fan of good music and political journalism, I was sad to hear of last week’s shut down of the Boston Phoenix. The Phoenix covered Boston politics, culture and music with its own brand of gritty, independent reporting since 1966. The publishers declared…
Modern debate is lightning fast. Most news outlets have opportunities for readers to post comments at the end of online articles and blog posts immediately after the piece is published. No more waiting for the Post Office and editor’s desk to process your letter to the editor. The price of…
